Ship&#39;s berth.



P. E. WHITE.

. SHIPS BERTH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1914. 1,142,472. Patented June 8, 1915.

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P. E. WHITE.

SHIP'S BERTH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1914- 1, 1 42,472 Patented June 8, 1915,

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PRINCE EDWARD wnrTE, 0F PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

SHIP S BERTI-I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8 1915.

Application filed. May 9, 191 4. Serial No. 837,483.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PRINCE Eow mn WHITE, a subject of Great Britain, residing at Perth Amboy, 19 Fayette street, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ships Berths, of wh ch the following is a specification. p

The general object of this invention ,.1s to reduce to a minimum on the part of a passenger on a ship, the disagreeableefi'ects resulting from the rocking and pitchlngof the ship. And to these ends the lnventlon consists of a berth, means for carrying the berth in a non-rigid manner and a member for pivotally supporting thesaidfmeans.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a speclfication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a side elevational v1ew of the device in operative position. Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 IS a side view of the device in the inoperative or folded position. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sectional View taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail end view of a modified form of cradle and means for supporting the same, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of supporting member.

As shown in the drawings the device is formed of the stand or supporting member 5, the carrying-beam 6 and the cradle or berth 7 which is carried by the beam.

The stand 5 is preferably formed of a pair of frames 8 and 9, which are hingedly secured at their upper ends to a crown or cross-piece 10, thus forming a substantial shear, and for the purpose of strengthening or reinforcing, the cross-piece is provided with angularly disposed rabbets l111, which snugly receive the ends of the frames as shown. It is quite obvious, that by virtue of the frames being disposed obliquely to the ground, the stand will have a tendency to spread apart, upon weight being applied thereto; and in order to retain the stand in position, tie-rods'1212 are provided at either side of the frame, and for the purposes of illustration the tie-rods are shown in the form of hooks.

The carrying-beam 6 is substantially l truss-shape in structure, and is formed of ing their shorter or homologous sides back to back as shown. 7 These triangular members may be made of any suitable material, and for the purpose: of'bein'g pivotally' supbers are provided with the hinges 1313, which are suspended froma suitable hanger 14' mounted on the cap or cross-piece l0. Themembers are locked in the extended position by the latches 15 15, which are pivotally secured to one member and are adapted'to engage with suitable studs 15,15 provided on the opposing member as shown. It will be seen by referring to Fig. 2, that the extreme or remote ends of the triangular members converge to substantial points, and

two oblique-triangular shaped members h'av- I 50 I ported by the stand 5, the triangular memuponthese ends are mounted hooks 1616,

In structure the berth is formed of two sub stantially solid end pieces 1919, which are appreciably semi-circular in shape, and are connected to each other by a series of spaced longitudinal laths or strips 20, which are bowed toward the center and are connected to each other by the semi-circular rib-bands 21, as shown; and for the purposes of reinforcing the berth the edges or upper longitudinal strips 20 are of greater size than the intervening laths.

In operation, the device may be positioned at any suitable location on a ship, such as the decks or the like, and the height of the stand need be only sufficient to suspend the berth clear of the floor or deck. As shown, the berth has universal. movement, and as the ship pitches or rocks, the action will not affect the berth whatever, as the berth will seek its own center of gravity and remain relatively level. By referring to Figs. 1 and I 3, it will be seen that the stand and the berth-carrying beam'may be folded. The berth may be removed from its carrier, and by disengaging the latches of the carrying beam and the tie rods of the stand, the two In the modified form of the invention,.

shown in Fig; 5, the chains 17 are dispensed with, and in lieu thereof, semi-circularyokes 22 are provided, which yokes are'loosely'ss cured at their center-portions to the ends of the carrying-bea-mfi. The berth is carried by the 'yokes by means of a series of spaced rollers 23, which are arranged in arcuate formation on the ends of'the berth, and'are adapted to be trained in positionon the yokes as shown. Thus, 'a'sthe ship rolls,'the berth will travel back and forth 'on the yokes means of "the rollers,- andobviously remain level.

In many cases, it may 'be'desirab'le'to have a permanent stand, and for this purpose, a rigicl'stand is provided'as shown in Fig. '6. lliis stand is formedpreferablyof metal, and consists of the base or rectangular frame Qt, which rigidly carries the arch 25,

a depending bearing'126, for carrying the beam 6 and the berth.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and therefore I: do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claim.

What I claim as new is:

A foldable berth support comprising a cross piece, frames hingedly'connected with theopp'osite sides thereof, hinge members pivotally connected with the intermediate part thereof and having 'angularly disposed end portions, beams fixed to the free end portionsof'the hinge members and adapted to abut against each'other at their inner 'ends,'an'dbertl1 supports'ca rried atthe outer 'ends ofthebea'ms.

f'ntestimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

PRINCE EDWARD WHITE. Witnesses:

MimoN' MONTGOMERY, BERNARD GOLDBERGER;

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